Books in Progress by Faculty:
Introduction to Statistics in Biological Context:
Table of Contents
A Sample Chapter: Conditional Probability
Chapters 1-10 of 12 edited. Will be used in
Spring 2010 as text for Statistics 1530.
Edith Seier
and
Karl H Joplin
Introductory Calculus for Biology: Table of
Contents
A Sample Chapter: Enzyme Kinetics
This book is intended for a one semester course
on differential and integral calculus for biology students in their
freshman year. The book stems from the Symbiosis project and covers
the basic aspects of calculus of one variable in the context of
biology. Real data are analyzed whenever possible, stressing the
need to validate a mathematical model and estimate the parameters.
The first two chapters of the book deal with topics such as
functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, maxima and minima,
techniques of integration, and the like; and their application to
problems of interest in biology such as temperature
variation, best harvest time, nitrogen optimization , chemical
kinetics, plant growth analysis, radioactive decay, logistic
growth, et cetera. The other three chapters are devoted to
enzyme kinetics, transport across cell membranes, and some
mathematical aspects related to photosynthesis.
Michel Helfgott
and
Darrell Moore
Biological Datasets. A companion supplement to the
SYMBIOSIS curriculum.
Darrell Moore, TJ Jones, Audrey Depelteau. (Draft)
SYMBIOSIS: An Introductory Approach to Quantitative
Biology.
Karl H Joplin, Audrey Depelteau (In planning stage).
SYMBIOSIS GS: An Invitation to Quantitative
Biology.
Jeff Knisley (Collected Notes)
SYMBIOSIS IV: An Introduction to Computational
Science
Jeff Knisley (Draft)